THEA ALFEREZ – 22, BDAY:SEPT 09
GRANDMA REMY ALFEREZ, owner of Alferez Grapefarms/
Alferez Quality Grapes – supplier of quality grapes/all the supermarkets in the city
MAE ROSARIO, 23, BDAY: JUNE 8
CLOVER SPEAKS! MEMBERS:
SHUITACHI YAMAMOTO, 23 BDAY: SEPT 06
SATURO KAWAHASHI , 22 BDAY: OCT 28
NAOKI TOSHIHIRO , 23 BDAY: FEB 25
YOSHIKO WATANABE, 21 BDAY: JUNE 19
MAMORU ETO , 22 BDAY: APRIL 7
( MANAGER: DAITARO SUZUKI, 36/ ASSISTANT: TAKARA UCHI, 29 )
6CHARMS MEMBERS:
KENJI NAGATAKA , 24 BDAY: AUGUST 30
AKIHIRO TOKUGAWA , 21 BDAY: DECEMBER 28
YUUDAI MINASE , 24 BDAY: OCTOBER 06
SHOU TAKESHIBA, 22 BDAY: MAY 10
MASASHI SAITO , 23 BDAY: FEB 06
TETSUYA HANASHIMA, 23 BDAY: NOV 25
( MANAGER: AYAKO MORI,32 / ASSISTANT: HACHIUMA TANI, 25 )
CHAPTER 1
It was almost 2 years ago since Thea decided to work in Japan. She was a beautiful, fair complexion and slim figured Filipina with a 1/8 part Spanish blood. A free spirited, gym freak, loves to read and wants to try and learn new things. She’s been dreaming to see what’s it like to be outside of her country. Her parents were separated even before she was born. She was the only child of her mom and her dad. Both of her parents had their own families now. She has siblings on her mother and also with her father. Thea’s father and his family live in England. She visits them once in every 3 years or sometimes her father comes home every 2 or 3 years. Thea’s grandmother, from her mother’s side, raised her in a small rural area outside the city. They owned a grape farm and supplied the city with their best harvest. She used to run around the farm when she was a little girl. She sometimes watches the grapes and scare all the birds who are trying to eat the fruit. Her grandmother told her not to eat the grapes because she might end up eating it all and no more grapes to harvest, said jokingly to Thea. She frowns in protest but gave her grandma a big smile, she kissed her on the cheek and say ” of course I’m not gonna eat it all Lola, i will leave some of it for you….said Thea and winked at her grandma. Grandma Remy just smiled unbelievably. Thea was a very playful and studious girl. She was such a cute little girl and everybody adores her. When she was 13 years old, her grandmother decided she should transfer to the city to continue her studies there until college. The city offers the best school and her grandma wanted to give her the best. She just visited her grandmother twice a month since it’s only one hour trip from the city.
Right after she graduated from college, she works and landed as an office secretary in a Law firm. The job was pretty easy for her but after working there for more than 8 months, she isn’t happy anymore and decided to work abroad. She thought of a country just near the Philippines so she could come home on Christmas every year. That country should have a lot to offer and a very fast paced one….Hmmp… Japan!!! She was thinking of Japan even before. Maybe because of the influence of Jpop, animes, mangas and Japanese dramas. Many of her friends were already living there. One of their family member works there and told her how beautiful Japan is. She can earn more if she will work hard for it. So she quit her job and later enrolled herself in Japanese class in preparation for her dream of working in Japan. She did very well in her class even on her first day. She also bought an audio cd so she could listen to it at home and watch more animes and Japanese dramas for weeks on the internet. She also researched for the company ‘s background, what are the shows and dramas or the famous stars who works there. Thea’s a big fan of Clover Speaks! The lead singer was Shuitachi Yamamoto. His fans simply called him Itamoto. Also, 6Charms, which lead by Kenji Nagataka or his screen name “Kenji”. Shuitachi was a member of a boy band, Clover Speaks! and they been in the showbiz for almost 6 years. He wrote some of their songs together with his close friend and band member Saturo. They started their band when they were 15 or 16 years old and made 7 hit albums and has over 9 hit songs who made it on #1 and most of the songs were on Oricon Chart for weeks. It’s a 5 member Jpop group and Shuitachi was the leader of Clover Speaks! The boys were famous for their good looks, acting, dancing and singing ability. They can also sell products from clothing brands to cellular phones to softdrinks. But Shuitachi has a lot of endorsements than the other members. He could also act and he’s always the lead actor. Kenji Nagataka or Kenji was launched together with his other 5 group members 2 years prior to the debut of Clover Speaks! Their band name was 6Charms. They had 4 albums and even sings for the OST of some animes and tv dramas. They also had songs who made to Oricon Chart on #1 for weeks. They can sing, dance and play instruments very well and has starred in dramas already with either 1 or 2 of their other band members. They’re also product endorsers of a certain cellular phone company, perfume line and a famous clothing brand overseas. They’re all good looking and has a great taste in fashion. The 2 jpop boy bands were famous in Japan as well as overseas. Their hit songs often competes in Oricon Charts ever since Clover Speaks! were launched. Thea often dreaming of them and what it’s like to meet them in person. If only she could meet her them all…
The next day, she went to many recruitment agencies and inquired if there’s any available jobs in Japan. She thinks that this experience will be the greatest thing to happen in her life. She could finally see the world, well Japan exactly. But every time she goes to the agencies, the only jobs available for Japan was being an entertainer/singer/dancer. And she isn’t good at any of those! So she went home, sad and thinking how hard it would be to be able to go there without anyone who could help you…Alas! Mae! Her high school friend who’s been there ever since they graduated from high school. They exchanged emails every now and then. Why didn’t she think of her before, her thought. How foolish of her to have forgotten her friend. She hurriedly opens her laptop and e-mailed Mae about her wanting to work abroad and asked if there was any hiring for a foreign worker where she was working. She was excited and can’t wait for Mae’s response.
It’s been over 3 weeks and she hasn’t heard anything from Mae. She felt sad but still determined she will go to Japan no matter what it takes. Finally after waiting for 5 weeks, she got an e-mail from Mae. It stated on her e-mail that her company was recently looking for more than 30 foreign workers, preferably from Philippines. Filipino workers were known abroad for being patience, hardworking and jolly in the work place. Mae works in a TV station in Tokyo. Mae said that her company are willing to hire competent workers. It doesn’t matter if she applied in the Philippines or she applied personally there in Japan using a tourist visa. The TV station is willing to sponsor any workers who are best for the job description. But if she will apply in her country, it’ll take more than six months for her to be able to go there. She then decided, she will take a big risk and apply for a tourist visa and then, if she will be granted with the tourist visa, she will apply to the TV station personally. She should act fast to get the job for her. She e-mailed Mae back that she will apply for a tourist visa and will be there in a month or so. She crossed her fingers and took a deep breath and say ” I am the ruler of my own world, I make my own destiny and I’m gonna make it happen”.
She already gathered all the necessary requirements for her trip to Japan and already informed her grandma about it weeks ago. Her grandma told Thea she should go for it and not to worry about her because her mom will visit her on weekends and she will ask her 2 younger brother and sister to stay and visits her on weekends. She was worried about her grandma at first but felt glad her grandma understood and wanted her to grab the chance and experience it. She thanked her grandma for supporting her no matter what her dream is. Thea hugged her grandma and kissed goodbye.
She still goes to her Japanese class everyday. It was a 4 hour class from 8 in the morning until 12 noon. After the class, she goes home to take a rest for an hour or two so she could go to the gym by 3 pm. At night, she does her homework and continue on studying. She did extremely well now on her class and she finally managed to submit her tourist visa application in the Embassy. She’s ready to go…well, almost, except for a Visa interview! Her schedule for her interview is less than two weeks from now. She then panics and wonders if she will fail the interview, what would she do now? She can’t fail now, she invested so much in it, her time, she even study Japanese lessons… she can’t accept failure. Failure isn’t in her dictionary. She must have the visa…she must, her thought.
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